vanward

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Then also, in the vanity of youth, For show of nimbleness, he started oft505 Into the vanward, till at last he fell.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Till this hour St. George's standard Led the advancing march of time; England! keep it streaming vanward, Conqueror over age and clime!'

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

There then the noise and clatter of the vanward rose up on the face of the heath, and men were exceeding joyous that they had come so far without mishap. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

The Duke of York so dread, The eager vanward led; With the main Henry sped, Amongst his henchmen.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

Then, Diomede, unaided as he was, Rush'd ardent to the vanward, and before The steeds of the Neleian sovereign old120 Standing, in accents wing'd, him thus address'd.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William